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FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 9/26/80 Date of transcription___________

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[REDACTED] was contacted at his residence, [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] which time he provided the following information:

Sometime during the last week of August, 1980 or the first week of September, 1980 he observed a television program entitled "In Search Of" and it probably was on a weekend when the program was broadcast on local television. The program consisted of a review of an airplane hijacking that occurred between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington in approximately November, 1971. The name of the individual involved in the hijacking was D. B. COOPER and during the program a composite drawing of D. B. COOPER was shown.

Immediately upon viewing the composite drawing of D. B. COOPER it reminded him of an individual he had served with on active duty in the United States Marine Corps. In the past he had seen numerous newspaper articles and television programs concerning the hijacking case but had never seen a composite drawing of D. B. COOPER.

Immediately upon seeing the composite drawing of D. B. COOPER, he began looking through a photo album of the 251st Marine Fighter Squadron that he had served with. On page [REDACTED] of the photo album he located a photograph of a [REDACTED] who is very similar in appearances to the composite drawing of D. B. COOPER shown on the television program. He subsequently obtained a copy of a paperback book entitled "Great Unsolved Crimes" from the public library in Sidney, Montana. The book is published by Scholastic Book Services, New York City, and was written by LOUIS SOLOMON. Page four of the book contains a composite drawing of D. B. COOPER with sun glasses and is also very similar in appearances with the [REDACTED] who served with the 251st Marine Fighter

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SE 164-81- [guess: 8512] 9/24/80 Sidney, Montana BT 164-26 Investigation on___________________at_____________________________File #._________

SA [REDACTED] /eft 9/26/80 b6 by_____________________________________________Date dictated______________ b7C

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